Astoria Park Shorefest This Sunday

Astoria Park Shorefest is sponsored by the Astoria Park Alliance, and celebrates neighborhood reuse organizations on Sunday, August 11, from 1-6:30 p.m. The festival takes place on Shore Boulevard along Astoria Park.

Goodwill is accepting donations of household goods and electronics there between 1:00 and 5:30, with its E-Waste Collection and Home Goods Collection/Swap.

Along with a number of arts and environmental organizations, there will also be:

Materials for the Arts, which will host an informal reuse fashion show.

Live music , face-painting, and other family activities.

Build It Green, which will hold workshops and demonstrate composting.

GrowNYC, which will offer a swap meet.

We hope you’ll drop by! Get more information at the Astoria Park Shorefest web site.